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POLYMATHS
Definition of POLYMATHS
noun
plural of polymath
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Another sense
POLYMATHS carries a second meaning.
noun
Plural form of polymath.
Word DNA
POLYMATHS inherits its ancestry from its root, POLYMATH.
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
12.6%
of traced words share this origin (3,695)
branch · 12.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, POLYMATH · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
POLYMATHS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 40 boards so far. 129 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 27, 16 June 2026.
Built from these letters
POLYMATHS starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AHLMOPSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start POLYMA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 27
Could you have found POLYMATHS?
OUTLIER is a daily word game. One grid, the same grid for everybody, and the words nobody else spots are the ones that pay. This word was on Day 27 - and most players walked straight past it.
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